Ms. A wants to share a revision video with her learners. She finds the perfect YouTube video and copies the full YouTube URL directly onto her presentation, displaying the long link to her class and asking them to type it into their browsers.
What is the mistake in this scenario?
Long URLs are one of the biggest barriers to ease of access. Learners make errors typing them, it wastes valuable lesson time, and it creates frustration. Pasting the YouTube link into Bitly first produces a short, clean link — which can then be shared via WhatsApp and typed in effortlessly. A custom back half makes it even simpler to remember.
Mr. T creates a Bitly QR code that links to his Grade 10 notes on Google Drive. He sends the QR code image via the class WhatsApp group and tells learners to scan it from the message on their phones to access the notes.
What is the mistake in this scenario?
QR codes are designed to be scanned from a printed, physical surface using a phone camera. A learner cannot scan a QR code image that is on the very screen they are using to scan. If Mr. T wants to share the link digitally via WhatsApp, he should share the shortened Bitly link instead — and reserve the QR code for printed worksheets or notes.
Ms. B wants to create a shortened Bitly link for a worksheet she saved on her desktop. She opens Bitly, clicks "Shorten a link," and attempts to paste the file path from her computer (e.g. C:\Documents\Worksheet.pdf) as the destination link.
What is the mistake in this scenario?
Bitly shortens online (cloud-based) links only. A file path like C:\Documents\Worksheet.pdf exists only on Ms. B's local machine — no one else can access it, and Bitly cannot generate a working link from it. She first needs to upload the worksheet to Google Drive or OneDrive and copy the shareable cloud link before pasting it into Bitly.
Mr. N teaches four different grades. Each week he sends each grade several separate links for videos, worksheets, and revision activities. His learners regularly miss resources because they lose track of the links. He continues this approach, unaware that Bitly has a feature that could solve this problem.
What is the mistake in this scenario?
Bitly's Pages feature (also called a landing page) is designed exactly for this situation. Mr. N can create one page per grade and add all his links and QR codes to it. Learners receive a single link at the start of the year, and every new resource he adds to the page becomes instantly available to them — no more lost links or missed resources.